Note number 12, regarding iron embrasure linings, page 2

TitleNote number 12, regarding iron embrasure linings, page 2
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Transcriptionwere varied to suit the case.  For direct firing the splay may be 25 [degrees] or even less.  To set the casing the genouillere is first finished and the sole of the embrasure given its proper slope:  on this sole is placed the iron casing in its proper position.  Sand bag merlins were built on each side to which the lining was anchored by means of wires and crooked iron rods, which were fast to its cheeks and wings.  The plates used for the embrasure casing of gun no. [number] 1 Battery Rosecrans (a 100-pounder Parrott Rifle fired at Sumter with an elevation of 9 [degrees] 35') were [blank] inches thick and weighed 10 4/100 pounds per square foot corresponding with No. [Number] 3 Birmingham wire guage.  This was the heaviest iron employed.  Of the eight embrasure casings in the Second Parallel, this was the only one used against Sumter and the only one supplied with a mantlet.  This mantlet is of bullet proof iron plate, arranged as a hanging door which closes the throat of the embrasure.  In this door is a cut or slot for the double purpose of allowing the rammer and sponge staves to pass through when loading, and for

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